Following a string of successful performances, the Moscardi Circus is travelling by train to Newcastle for their next show. Yet a collision on the track with a couple of sleepers causes pandemonium: passengers are thrown about, animals escape into the night and the future of the circus looks uncertain. When the body of a woman is discovered in woodland next to the derailment, Inspector Colbeck is despatched to lend assistance, believing the two incidents might be connected. It is up to Colbeck to put the pieces together to discover the identity of the nameless woman and unmask who is targeting Moscardi's Magnificent Circus. A classically-told crime series with historical background and railway focus used to great effect. Book fourteen in the Railway Detective series following Inspector Colbeck and Sergeant Leeming in Victorian England. Close to 600,000 copies of the series sold to date in the UK trade alone – Marston is on track to continue as one of A&B’s bestselling authors. The TV rights to the Railway Detective series have been optioned.

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